The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to go.
HINGHAM — The hands of 87-year-old Astrid Donnellan are as steady as a surgeon as she painstakingly works on restoring the dial of an 1825 antique clock. Clocks are on everyone’s minds this weekend as ...
There’s a new clock repairman in town. Horologist Thomas Vernachio began operating Williamsburg Antique Clock Service and Repair earlier this year from a workshop in his home. Vernachio first became ...
Antique clocks are timeless, but this time of year, they need daylight saving time adjustments. For 37 years, Mack’s Clock ...
Here at Dorian Clair Antique Clock Repair on Sanchez Street, the unmistakable, rhythmic sound echoes from nearly every nook and cranny of the shop, where hundreds of clocks from all over the world — ...
Kathleen Robbiani’s patients never complain. They don’t even utter an “ouch” as she works her magic to set a broken arm or stitch up a major laceration. They smile happily as she works to restore them ...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Time ticks softly in Peter Nunes’ workshop, punctuated by low gongs and bright chimes emanating from dozens of antique clocks lining shelves and walls. These reflect American, French ...
Are you one of the many people who either inherited an old clock or found one you love for its artistry and craftsmanship, but it doesn’t work, and you have no idea what to do with it? Such was my ...
SOUTH BELOIT—Jim Denno was 8 years old when he began his fascination with clocks. He was accompanying his sister to her piano lesson at a home in Cicero, Illinois when he heard some clocks chime and a ...